ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION. MAX: IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE FIRST THAT THE CHANCES OF BEING IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION ARE RARE. BUT WE DO WANT TO SHARE WHAT EXPERTS SAY YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU’RE EVER IN ONE. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS YOUR BEST OPTION IS TO RU HAVE AN ESCAPE ROUTE, LEAVE YOUR BELONGINGS, AND RUN WITH YOUR HANDS VISIBLE. IF YOU CAN’T RUN, HIDE. MAKE SURE A SHOOTER CAN’T SEE YOU. LOCK AND BLOCK DOORS AND SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE. LASTLY, FIGHT. BUT ONLY AS A LAST RESORT, WHICH INCLUDES THROWING THINGS AT A SHOOTER. WE TALKED WITH THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TODAY. THEY SAY, WHEN IT COMES TO HIDING, MAKE SURE FIND A PLACE THAT DOES MORE THAN CONCEAL YOU. >> IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORLD, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT COVER VERSUS CONCEALMENT. CONCEALMENT IS, YOU KNOW, I’M BEHIND A BUSH, SO I FEEL LIKE IF I CAN’T SEE THE PERSON THEN THEY CAN’T SEE ME. OF COURSE, SHRUBBERY, BUSHES, A THIN WALL BARRIER WHATEVER HAV YOU, IS NOT GOING TO STOP A BULLET FROM PENETRATING THAT OBJECT, BUSH WHATEVER IT IS. SO, THE MAIN FOCUS SHOULD BE GETTING BEHIND SOMETHING THAT WILL STOP A BULLET. WALTER: SOME GREAT TIPS ABOUT CONCEALING HERSELF. WHAT DOES SHE SAY ABOUT PREPARATION? MAX: AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THE CHANCES ARE RARE, SGT. DETERDING SAYS THAT WHEN YOU WALK INTO A PLACE, WHETHER IT’S A MALL, SCHOOL, OR FESTIVAL, TAKE A LOOK AROUND. KNOW WHERE YOUR EXITS ARE, WHERE YOU CAN HIDE IF YOU HAVE TO HIDE. THAT WAY, A PLAN IS ALREADY IN YOUR HEA WALTER: WHAT OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE YOUR LIFE? MAX: DON’T TAKE OUT YOUR CELL PHONE TO RECOR WE ARE PRONE TO HAVING IT IN OUR HANDS, READY TO RECORD WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS. BUT EVERY SECOND MATTERS IN THESE SITUATIONS, AND YOU SHOULD BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY THAN RECORDING IT. WALTER: BES

Gilroy police have identified an additional person who suffered a gunshot wound -- but narrowly escaped a more serious injury -- during a deadly shooting at a famous garlic festival last month, authorities said.Officials said a 58-year-old man sustained a graze wound to his head that required stitches. The man's injuries bring the total number of people shot during the July 28 shooting to 17. An additional three people, including two children, were shot and killed when Santino William Legan opened fire. Legan killed himself at the festival.Gilroy Police Capt. Joseph Deras said the shooter was standing to the side of the 58-year-old man and "had he coughed or sneezed or just moved at all" sideways or backward, "that round would have just struck him square in the head."Officials said Legan used a Romanian-made WASR-10 rifle, an AK-47-style firearm, that he had purchased in Nevada. Prentice Danner, an FBI spokesman in San Francisco, said Thursday the rifle previously came from Century Arms, a firearms manufacturer and importer based in Vermont and Florida.Deras said police were aware of the 58-year-old man and had been trying to reach him when he contacted police earlier this week. The captain said authorities are still processing evidence and going through video footage_including from police body cameras_and witness statements.Officials say they believe all of the gunshot wound victims have now been identified. Another woman police have not been able to find may have been injured, but Deras said authorities do not believe she was shot.The FBI has opened a domestic terrorism case and is continuing to investigate. Although authorities found a "target list" containing religious institutions, courthouses and other sites, they say they have not determined Legan's motive.

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Gilroy police have identified an additional person who suffered a gunshot wound -- but narrowly escaped a more serious injury -- during a deadly shooting at a famous garlic festival last month, authorities said.

Officials said a 58-year-old man sustained a graze wound to his head that required stitches. The man's injuries bring the total number of people shot during the July 28 shooting to 17. An additional three people, including two children, were shot and killed when Santino William Legan opened fire. Legan killed himself at the festival.

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Gilroy Police Capt. Joseph Deras said the shooter was standing to the side of the 58-year-old man and "had he coughed or sneezed or just moved at all" sideways or backward, "that round would have just struck him square in the head."

Officials said Legan used a Romanian-made WASR-10 rifle, an AK-47-style firearm, that he had purchased in Nevada. Prentice Danner, an FBI spokesman in San Francisco, said Thursday the rifle previously came from Century Arms, a firearms manufacturer and importer based in Vermont and Florida.

Deras said police were aware of the 58-year-old man and had been trying to reach him when he contacted police earlier this week. The captain said authorities are still processing evidence and going through video footage_including from police body cameras_and witness statements.

Officials say they believe all of the gunshot wound victims have now been identified. Another woman police have not been able to find may have been injured, but Deras said authorities do not believe she was shot.

The FBI has opened a domestic terrorism case and is continuing to investigate. Although authorities found a "target list" containing religious institutions, courthouses and other sites, they say they have not determined Legan's motive.